upgraded afew parts on the Foil today, was feeling generous so swapped out the alloy stem/handlebars, replacing them with a zipp slc2 short & shallow carbon bar and an sl speed carbon stem and swapped out the saddle that came with the bike for an slr super flow 145 with titanium rails as i loved the previous selle italia seat it had just wanted to go for a black lighter version .also got the LBS to chuck on a set of 404's for shits and giggles so i could dream lol. i'll be getting a set of 60mm chinese clinchers though in the near future as the cosmics are letting the bike down abit! love the look with the 404's though makes it look so evil and stealthy forgot to get them to weigh it though might do it tommorow as im interested to know what it weighs now.

thanks for the suggestions guys . ive found a nice looking matt carbon cage by Elite, i think they would go well with the rest of the bike

got the bike weighed today, came in at 7.4kg, thought it would be abit less than that, ideally i would like to get it around the 6.5kg mark what do you think would be the best way to achieve this?first thing i can think of are the wheels which will be going soon hopefully and maybe changing out the ultegra for lighter sram red one day. this question is mostly directed at you pawnii lol.

I'm pretty sure that Elite cage in your picture isn't made from carbon. It's made of fibre reinforced acrylic (AKA plastic).It it was matte UD carbon I'd already have it on my bike

Hitting 6.5kg from 7.4kg isn't easy. You'll have to be willing to change quite a few parts. An alternative option is hitting 6.8kg with deep dish wheels. This would be a nice aero/acceleration balance

Wheels are always a good place to start. You'll can shed a lot of grams there but light/strong wheels aren't cheap. Personally I reckon only deep aero rims do the Foil frame justice. It's a shame Zipp 404's are so heavy...they do suit the Foil perfectly I reckon.

Changing the to Sram Reds will shed you another 300grams at least but that's a huge investment.After owning a 5.2kg bike, a 5.5kg and now a 6.5kg bike I honestly don't think that the price you pay to get a bike under 6.8kg is worth it.BUT, if you really do wan't to hit 6.5kg then this is the order I'd do upgrading WheelsTyresTubesSaddlePeddlesBrakesCrankset

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